Centre stops scholarship for UP Madrassa students from Classes 1 to 8

Madrassa students from class 1 to 5 in Uttar Pradesh will no more be eligible for the scholarships that they have been drawing for years. In a recent notification, the central government closed the window for these students to apply for the scholarship citing provisions of free education under the Right to Education act.

According to the notification of the government, the students from class 1 to 8 are provided with free education, mid-day meals and other infrastructural facilities without any cost and thus there



is no point to continue the scholarships. However, the students of class 9 and 10 are still eligible for the government benefits.

Earlier, the students from class 1 to 5 used to receive Rs. 1000 scholarship and the students from class 5 to 8 used to get it on the basis of the courses they take. These scholarships are perceived as an intensive for the poor people to join Madrassas. As per the data, last year around 5 lakhs students of 16, 558 Madrassas in the state received the scholarship facility, reports India Today.